Alert archive / New York / Freezing Rain Advisories in 2013
Freezing Rain Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freezing rain advisory at Apr 10, 2013, 12:35 PM EDT for 13 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 11, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2013, 12:35 PM EDT (16:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2013, 3:53 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
471 WWUS41 KBUF 101635 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1235 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 NYZ019>021-110045- /O.NEW.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.130411T0600Z-130412T0300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 1235 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN TIER. FREEZING RAIN MOST LIKELY INLAND FROM THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 86. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH LATE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES. ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD, PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-085-110045- /O.NEW.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.130411T0600Z-130412T0300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1235 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH LATE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED INLAND FROM THE LAKES AND GENESEE VALLEY WESTWARD ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER. * IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES. ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD, PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ006>008-110045- /O.NEW.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.130411T0600Z-130412T1500Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1235 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ON THE TUG HILL...AND LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS. ICE STORM ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES. ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY MIX THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ THOMAS
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677 WWUS41 KBUF 101937 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 337 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 NYZ019>021-110345- /O.CON.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.130411T0600Z-130412T0300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 337 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN TIER. FREEZING RAIN MOST LIKELY INLAND FROM THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 86. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH LATE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES. ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-085-110345- /O.CON.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.130411T0600Z-130412T0300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 337 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH LATE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED INLAND FROM THE LAKES AND GENESEE VALLEY WESTWARD ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER. * IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES. ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ006>008-110345- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.130411T0600Z-130412T1500Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 337 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ON THE TUG HILL...AND LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS. ICE STORM ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES. ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY MIX THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ THOMAS
971 WWUS41 KBUF 110213 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1013 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 NYZ019>021-111015- /O.EXT.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.130411T1200Z-130412T0300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 1013 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN TIER. FREEZING RAIN MOST LIKELY INLAND FROM THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 86. * TIMING...THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY ON THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-085-111015- /O.EXT.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.130411T0800Z-130412T0300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1013 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH LATE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED INLAND FROM THE LAKES AND GENESEE VALLEY WESTWARD ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER. * IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES. ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ006>008-111015- /O.EXT.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.130411T1200Z-130412T1500Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1013 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THURSDAY TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ON THE TUG HILL...AND LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS. ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH LATE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY MIX THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ APFFEL
161 WWUS41 KBUF 110816 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 416 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 NYZ019>021-110930- /O.CAN.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.130411T1200Z-130412T0300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 416 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING...BUT IT NOW APPEARS THAT SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOO WARM TO SUPPORT A FREEZING RAIN THREAT. $$ NYZ006>008-111630- /O.EXT.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.130411T2200Z-130412T1500Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 416 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION AN INCH OR LESS. ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY MIX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-085-111630- /O.CON.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 416 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATING ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREE BRANCHES OR POWER LINES. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ TMA
435 WWUS41 KBUF 111040 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 640 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 NYZ001>005-010>014-085-112000- /O.EXT.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130411T2200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 640 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATING ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREE BRANCHES OR POWER LINES. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ006>008-112000- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.130411T2200Z-130412T1500Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 640 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION AN INCH OR LESS. ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY MIX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ JJR/TMA
323 WWUS41 KBUF 111459 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1059 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 NYZ001>005-010>014-085-112200- /O.CON.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130411T2200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1059 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATING ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. LOCALIZED QUARTER OF AN INCH INLAND FROM THE LAKES. ICE ACCUMULATION MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREE BRANCHES OR POWER LINES. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ006>008-112300- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.130411T2200Z-130412T1500Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1059 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION AN INCH OR LESS. ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY MIX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ THOMAS
439 WWUS41 KBUF 111726 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 126 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 NYZ006>008-120130- /O.EXT.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.130411T1726Z-130412T1500Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 126 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATING UP TO 2 INCHES THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING...MAINLY ACROSS THE TUG HILL. AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS. ICE ACCUMULATING LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THIS AFTERNOON...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TONIGHT...AND LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY MIX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-085-112200- /O.CON.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130411T2200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 126 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ THOMAS
788 WWUS41 KBUF 112146 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 546 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 NYZ001>005-010>014-085-120300- /O.EXT.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 546 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATING LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ006>008-120600- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130412T1500Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 546 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING AN INCH UP TO 2 INCHES TONIGHT...AND AN INCH OR LESS FRIDAY. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TONIGHT...AND LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY MIX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$
624 WWUS41 KBUF 120227 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1027 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 NYZ003>005-013-014-085-120330- /O.CAN.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0300Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1027 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST OF THESE AREAS. ANY ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN WOULD BE ISOLATED IN NATURE AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE OVERNIGHT. $$ NYZ001-002-010>012-120800- /O.EXT.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW 1027 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES. ICY ROADS AND WALKWAYS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ006>008-121030- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130412T1500Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1027 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING AN INCH UP TO 2 INCHES TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO A QUARTER INCH...MAINLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES. ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY MIX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ APFFEL
298 WWUS41 KBUF 120753 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 353 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013 NYZ001-002-010>012-120900- /O.CAN.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW 353 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES ARE NOW MOSTLY ABOVE FREEZING AND WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB THIS MORNING...THEREFORE THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ006-120900- /O.CAN.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130412T1500Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 353 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES ARE NOW MOSTLY ABOVE FREEZING AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THIS MORNING...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ007-008-121500- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130412T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 353 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES. ROADS AND WALKWAYS MAY ALSO BECOME SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ JJR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freezing rain advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freezing rain advisory went out at Apr 10, 9:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 9:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 922 AM EDT WED APR 10 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A SERIES OF SURFACE LOWS RIDING ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED FROM THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE NORTHEAST WILL BRING SEVERAL PERIODS OF RAIN TO OUR AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. ON THE COLDER NORTH SIDE OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE FOR SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... REGIONAL RADARS THIS MORNING DISPLAY A BAND OF SHOWERS...WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER NEAR LAKE ERIE PUSHING INTO WNY. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO PUSH WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CWA...REMAINING LARGELY SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH IS NEAR THE STATE LINE. WILL INCLUDE A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDER THIS MORNING FOR ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...OTHERWISE WILL LEAVE SHOWERS AS THE DOMINATE WEATHER TYPE. SOME FOG IS STILL AROUND THE HIGHER POINTS TO OUR SOUTH AND WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF FOG ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AND TOWARDS THE HILLS OF WYOMING AND THE BRISTOL HILLS. AFTER THAT TIME...CONDITIONS SHOULD QUICKLY DETERIORATE AGAIN FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE NEXT UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE /CURRENTLY OVER LAKE MICHIGAN/ HEADS OUR WAY AND SPREADS RENEWED SHOWER CHANCES EASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. GIVEN UPSTREAM RADAR AND LIGHTNING TRENDS...WHICH ALREADY SHOW A FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE...HAVE INDICATED CATEGORICAL POPS SPREADING BACK ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... ALONG THE CHANCE OF SOME THUNDER SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO. WITH THE SURFACE FRONT DISPLACED FURTHER SOUTHWARD...TEMPS TODAY WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER THAN THOSE OF THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 40S/LOWER 50S ACROSS COUNTIES BORDERING LAKE ONTARIO...TO AROUND 60 ALONG THE NY/PA BORDER WHICH WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. TONIGHT...THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE WILL SLIDE OFF TO OUR EAST DURING THE EVENING...POSSIBLY ALLOWING FOR A RELATIVE LULL IN THE SHOWER ACTIVITY BEFORE LIFT/MOISTURE START TO INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIN SURFACE LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT. HAVE REFLECTED THIS IN THE FORECAST BY DROPPING PRECIP CHANCES BACK TO LIKELY/HIGH CHANCE FOR A TIME SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO. MEANWHILE FURTHER NORTH...ENOUGH DRY AIR AND SUBSIDENCE LOOKS TO ARRIVE FOR THE PRECIP TO LARGELY SHUT OFF ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY LATER TONIGHT. WITH RESPECT TO PTYPE...AT THIS POINT EXPECT THE BULK OF THE PRECIP TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF PLAIN RAIN TONIGHT. WHILE SOME OF THE SHORT TERM GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INSIST ON ENOUGH COOLING OF THE COLUMN TO RESULT IN A POSSIBLE MIX WITH OR OUTRIGHT CHANGE TO SLEET/FREEZING RAIN NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIER OVERNIGHT...WE FEEL THAT THIS APPEARS OVERDONE. WHILE THERE WILL INDEED BE A STRONG HIGH SITUATED TO THE NORTH THAT WILL HELP TO FEED COLDER AIR SOUTHWARD ON A NORTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW...THIS WILL STILL HAVE TO CROSS THE NEAR 40-DEGREE WATERS OF LAKE ONTARIO WHICH WILL HELP TO MODERATE THIS SOME...AND LIKELY JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP CONDITIONS A BIT WARMER THAN SUGGESTED BY THE NAM/GFS SOUNDING DATA...OR WARM ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIP TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO. FURTHER TO NORTH AND EAST...ENOUGH COOLING MAY TAKE PLACE IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER AND ALOFT FOR SOME SLEET AND/OR SNOW TO MIX IN ALONG THE FAR EASTERN FINGER LAKES OR NORTH COUNTRY...HOWEVER BY THAT TIME THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE FAR NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE PRECIP SHIELD...WHICH SHOULD KEEP ANY ACCUMULATIONS MINIMAL. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... THE WET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK ON THURSDAY AS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MARK THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN WARM AND MOIST GULF AIR ENCOMPASSING MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S. AND MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR TO THE NORTH OVER CANADA. THE WARM AND MOISTURE-LADEN AIRMASS WILL BE SURGING NORTHWARDS ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES IN ADVANCE OF A DEEPENING CYCLONE OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...HOWEVER THE WARM AIR WILL NOT BE FELT AT THE SURFACE ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. IN FACT EVEN THOUGH 850MB TEMPS WILL BE CLIMBING TO +10C BY THURSDAY EVENING...TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE WILL BE STUCK IN THE MID 30S THANKS TO NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE FLOW...ITSELF THE RESULT OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER HUDSON BAY AND THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE FORCING OF THE WARM MOIST AIR UPWARDS OVER THIS VERY SHALLOW WEDGE OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A HOST OF OTHER FAVORABLE DYNAMICS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF FORECAST CONCERNS TO CONTEND WITH THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST IS PRECIPITATION TYPE. WITH THE SHALLOW WEDGE OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND VERY WARM AIR ALOFT...THERE IS A CONCERN FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION AND IN PARTICULAR FREEZING RAIN. IF GFS/NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS ARE TO BE BELIEVED...THE STAGE IS SET FOR A SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN EVENT ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN/NORTH-CENTRAL NEW YORK ON THURSDAY HOWEVER THERE A COUPLE OF FACTORS THAT MAKE THIS A DUBIOUS PROPOSITION. BOTH MODELS SHOW SURFACE TEMPS RIGHT AT OR A DEGREE BELOW FREEZING IN THE MODEL SOUNDINGS...HOWEVER FEEL THAT THE COLD AIR MAY BE OVERDONE...PARTICULARLY SINCE THE FLOW WILL BE NORTHEASTERLY OFF A LAKE ONTARIO THAT IS CURRENTLY 39 DEGREES F. IN ADDITION...BUFKIT SOUNDINGS ALL SUGGEST THE FREEZING RAIN WOULD OCCUR DURING THE DAY...AND GIVEN THE APRIL SUN...THIS JUST DOESN/T ADD UP. BETWEEN THIS AND THE FACT THAT MOS GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING SFC TEMPS AT LEAST A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING...AM INCLINED TO THINK THAT PRECIP SHOULD STAY ALL RAIN WITH NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST AREAS. THE ONLY AREA WHERE FREEZING PRECIPITATION COULD END UP OCCURRING WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY WHERE THE MODERATING INFLUENCE OF LAKE ONTARIO WILL NOT COME INTO PLAY...THOUGH EVEN HERE THE WINDOW FOR FREEZING PRECIP WILL BE DEPENDENT ON JUST HOW COLD SURFACE TEMPS END UP GETTING. THE OTHER CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SEE THE HYDROLOGICAL DISCUSSION BELOW FOR DETAILS...BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT GIVEN THE RECENT RAINS AND FAVORABLE SYNOPTIC SETUP...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS AREA CREEKS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS FROM LATE THURSDAY ONWARDS AS HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA. THE GREATEST THREATS WILL BE ACROSS FAR WESTERN NEW YORK AND POSSIBLY THE NORTH COUNTRY WHERE EVEN THOUGH QPF WILL NOT BE AS SIGNIFICANT...REMAINING SNOWPACK MAY PRESENT ISSUES. THE FOCUS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY AS THE BROAD SURFACE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD THE LOWER GREAT LAKES WITH THE MAIN PRECIP SHIELD MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY BEFORE EVENTUALLY LIFTING INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY NIGHT. A BREAK IN PRECIP FROM WEST TO EAST CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING AS A DRY SLOT ALOFT MOVES OVERHEAD. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT ONCE AGAIN AS THE MID LEVEL TROUGH AND WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY STEADY INT HE LOW TO MID 40S ACROSS MOST AREAS BEFORE FALLING INTO THE MID 30S OVERNIGHT...AND THIS MEANS THAT SOME OF THE RAIN SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTH COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN TIER OVERNIGHT...THOUGH ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SUGGEST THAT SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL LAST THROUGH SATURDAY...BEFORE WE GET ON SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTH EAST FROM THE PLAINS STATES WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REBOUND INTO THE 60S ON MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY AFTER THE SURFACE LOW PUSHES A COLD FRONT EAST ACROSS NEW YORK STATE && .AVIATION /14Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING...IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS IN LOW STRATUS/FOG SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE BACK TO IFR/LOW MVFR WITH DAYTIME MIXING. MEANWHILE FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY...CONDITIONS WILL BE A MIX OF IFR AND MVFR. AFTER THAT TIME...ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD BACK ACROSS THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING TO MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO THIS EVENING...WHILE TAPERING OFF OUTRIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE PERIOD...GENERALLY EXPECT IFR/LOW-END MVFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO...WHILE MVFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY IMPROVE BACK TO MVFR/VFR TONIGHT. OUTLOOK... THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MVFR/IFR WITH RAIN. CHANCE OF FZRA/SLEET/SNOW EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO THURSDAY. SATURDAY...VFR WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SUNDAY... MAINLY VFR. && .MARINE... A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN DRAPED JUST SOUTH OF THE LOWER LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE SLIDES EASTWARD ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AND ASSOCIATED WAVES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT...BEFORE INCREASING TO ADVISORY CRITERIA VERY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING LOW. && .HYDROLOGY... SOME OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION OF THE WEEK IS LIKELY TO FALL THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS WESTERN NEW YORK BECOMES THE FOCUS OF DEEP ISENTROPIC UPLIFT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING SURFACE/MID LEVEL CYCLONE. THIS COUPLED WITH PWATS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 1.25 INCHES...3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL...MEANS THAT WE WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER AND FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY WITH AMOUNTS GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF TO 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY. GIVEN THAT RECENT RAINS HAVE ALREADY PUSHED A NUMBER OF THE FASTER-RESPONDING CREEKS AROUND BUFFALO TOWARDS BANK-FULL OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS...THERE IS A CONCERN THAT THE COMING PRECIPITATION COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND LOW-LYING AREAS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A CONCERN IN LIGHT OF THE ROBUST SNOWPACK THAT IS STILL IN PLACE ON THE TUG HILL PLATEAU...HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THAT AREA COULD ALSO YIELD FLOODING ISSUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS HEFTY AS THEY ARE PREDICTED TO BE FARTHER WEST. THE SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND RESIDENTS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH- CENTRAL NEW YORK ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED FOR ANY WATCHES AND WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED. && .BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JJR NEAR TERM...JJR/THOMAS SHORT TERM...WOOD LONG TERM...TJP AVIATION...APFFEL/JJR MARINE...JJR HYDROLOGY...WOOD
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 5:15 AM EDT, 7 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 515 AM EDT WED APR 10 2013 NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-110915- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- SOUTHERN ERIE- 515 AM EDT WED APR 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG A STALLED FRONT WILL BRING PERIODS OF STEADY RAIN TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DURING THIS TIME...TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS...ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF LEZ020-040-041-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-110915- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 515 AM EDT WED APR 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF NYZ006>008-110915- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- 515 AM EDT WED APR 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG A STALLED FRONT WILL BRING PERIODS OF STEADY RAIN TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DURING THIS TIME...UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE STEADIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH THE MELTING OF THE REMAINING SNOWPACK... COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS...ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT SOME OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED PRECIPITATION MAY FALL IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE PORTIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS POINT AS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY NOT GET QUITE COLD ENOUGH FOR PRECIPITATION TO FREEZE AT THE SURFACE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF WOOD
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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:36 AM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 636 AM EDT WED APR 10 2013 NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-101400- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 636 AM EDT WED APR 10 2013 ...AREAS OF FOG ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING... ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM RECENT RAINS IS RESULTING IN AREAS OF FOG ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AS VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES THIS MORNING. EXPECT THE FOG TO DISSIPATE BY MID-MORNING. WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 12:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 7 more | 51 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:35 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 51 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Wyoming | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 4 days | |
| Apr 10, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 34 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.